#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Sekhar Narayanaswami I'M ALIVE === Jackson Browne ------------------------------ Here's the latest by Jackson Browne, off the album of the same name. Intro: E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) AE A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1) AIt's (x02220@1)been a long time since I watched these lights alone E (022100@1) AI (x02220@1)look around my life tonight and you are gone E (022100@1) Ai (x02220@1)might have done something to keep you if I'd known E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) How unhappy you'd become EWell (022100@1)I was dreaming of you AWith (x02220@1)my heart in your hands EAnd (022100@1)I was following through C#m (x13321@4) BWith (x2444x@1)my beautiful plans E (022100@1) C#m (x13321@4)B (x2444x@1)E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EYeah, (022100@1)now I'm rolling down this canyon drive C#m (x13321@4) BWith (x2444x@1)your laughter in my head E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EGonna (022100@1)have to block it out somehow to survive B (x2444x@1) (tacet) 'cuz those dreams are dead E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) ABut (x02220@1)I'm alive E (022100@1) AI (x02220@1)want to go where I will never hear your name E (022100@1) AI (x02220@1)want to lose my sorrow and be free again E (022100@1) AAnd (x02220@1)I know I've been insane E (022100@1) BWhen (x2444x@1)I think of the places I could've been EBut (022100@1)I was dreaming of you AWith (x02220@1)my heart in your hands EAnd (022100@1)I was following through C#m (x13321@4) BWith (x2444x@1)my beautiful plans E (022100@1) C#m (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1)(solo) E (022100@1) E (022100@1) AStanding (x02220@1)here by the highway side EWatching (022100@1)these trucks blow by C#mInches (x13321@4)from my face B (x2444x@1) EYeah, (022100@1)thinking about the time I've wasted (Dreaming of you) AAnd (x02220@1)the pleasure we once tasted (Dreaming of you) ELooking (022100@1)up and down this road (Following through) C#m (x13321@4) BI've (x2444x@1)been here before (Following through) C#m (x13321@4) BCan't (x2444x@1)be here no more (Dreaming of you) C#m (x13321@4) B(Dreaming (x2444x@1)of you) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EYeah, (022100@1)now I'm rolling down this California five C#m (x13321@4) BWith (x2444x@1)your laughter in my head E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EGonna (022100@1)have to block it out somehow to survive B (x2444x@1) (tacet) 'cuz those dreams are dead E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) ABut (x02220@1)I'm alive E (022100@1) ALook (x02220@1)at the way I believed in you and loved you all these years E (022100@1) ANow (x02220@1)you could fill a swimming pool with all my salty tears E (022100@1) AYou (x02220@1)told me what was in your heart but baby you lied E (022100@1) AAnd (x02220@1)I thought that it would kill me, but I'm alive! Chords Used: E: 022100 (or x79997) A: x02220 (or 577655) B: x24442 (or 799877) C#m: x46654 (or 911999) ( 11 ) | -> i.e. 9-11-11-9-9-9 The words in paren's are background vocals. Tacet means (or at least I mean) to break off strumming, i.e. there's no music played while singing "But I'm alive".